Watch-pouch



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M.DOOLEY.

WATCH POUCH. No. 342,952. Patented Jun 1, 1886.

WITNESSES INVENTOR 4162M BY M ATTORNEYS.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL DOOLEY, OF NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS.

WATCH-POUCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 342,952, dated June 1, 1886.

Application filed February 3, 1886. Serial No. 190,743. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MIoHAnL DOOLEY, of North Adams, in the county of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved 'Watch-Pouch, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, neat, and serviceable pouch adapted to hold a watch carried in the pocket of a garment, and whereby dust and dirt will be excluded from the interior of the watch, and the necessity for frequent cleaning and repair of the watch obviated.

My invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts of the watch-pouch, all as hereinafter fully set forth.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figurel is a perspective view of the watchpouch in open condition, and Fig. 2 is a crosssectional elevation of the pouch with a watch held therein.

The pouch A is made principally of cloth, chamois-leather, or other suitable fabric or material, and in the circular somewhat flat form shown. At one edge the pouch has a slit or opening, a, large enough to admit a watch, B, and the sides of the pouch at the opening a are provided with stiifening-wires G O, which at about their centers are bent to form semicircular notches or recesses c c, which,when the body of the watch is placed in the pouch, inclose the stem 7) of the watch, and a hook-clasp, D, hinged to one side of the pouch at the opening thereof, may then be swung over to lock the pouch closed upon the watch, as clearly indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

A watclrpouch thus made and applied does not interfere with the attachment of a chain to the watch-ring I), and the watch may readily be removed to ascertain the time, when desired, and dust and dirt will be excluded from the joints and inside of the watch-case, whereby frequent cleaning of the watch will be unnecessary and its time-keeping qualities will be materially improved.

It is obvious that a watch-pouch formed with the edge opening to admit the body of the watch and with a recess at the margin of said opening adapted to inclose the stem of the watch may be made of rubber or some other elastic material which will allow the watch to be placed in the pouch and will be self-closing around the watch. Furthermore, the marginal stiffening-wires C may be made in one or two pieces of spring-wire, so as to be selfclosing, and the catch D then may be dispensed with, as will readily be understood.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A watch-pouch made with an edge opening, a, opposite wires or stiffeners, (J O, at the margin of said opening, and provided with .notches or bends c 0, adapted to inclose the stem of the watch, substantially as shown and described.

2. The watch-pouch A, made with an edge opening, a, opposite marginal wiresor stiffeners, G 0, provided with notches or bends c 0, adapted to inclose the watch-stem, and a clasp, as at D, substantially as herein set forth.

MICHAEL DOOLEY.

\Vitnesses:

O. F. LUTHER, WM. H. PRITCHARD. 

